Wife of Maryland man deported in error to El Salvador denies he’s MS-13 member

The wife of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador in error, denied the Trump administration’s allegation that her husband is a member of the criminal gang MS-13. “He’s never been convicted for anything,” Jennifer Vasquez told ABC News Live Prime on Wednesday. “Everything they are saying is wrong,” … Read more

Trump directs DOJ to investigate 2 officials from his first term who became critics

President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed his Justice Department to investigate two senior officials from his first administration who became critics. During his presidential campaign and in his first months in office, Trump threatened to investigate his political enemies, but the presidential memoranda he signed before the media in the Oval Office appear to be … Read more

How a hydrogen explosion led a teenage founder to become Sequoia’s first defense tech investment

As Sequoia Capital’s first defense tech investment, Mach Industries is an industry darling, raising over $80 million since its founding in 2023. Its founder, Ethan Thornton, now 21, began Mach as a teenage MIT student before dropping out to focus full-time on his startup. But a few months before landing a seed investment from Sequoia … Read more

Trump explains dramatic reversal on tariffs: People getting ‘a little bit afraid’

Shortly after President Donald Trump on Wednesday suddenly backtracked on his destabilizing “reciprocal” tariffs, instituting a 90-day pause for most affected nations except China, reporters asked him what led him to the change in course. “I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippy. You know, they were … Read more